Python dictionary creation syntax

Question

I\'m wondering if there\'s any way to populate a dictionary such that you have multiple keys mapping to the same value that\'s less verbose than say:

d = {1:         


        

Answer 1

How about:

501 $ python
Python 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Apr 11 2011, 18:13:53) 
[GCC 4.5.2] on linux2
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>>> a = {"q":1}
>>> print a
{'q': 1}
>>> a["q"]
1
>>> a["r"] = a["s"] = a["t"] = 2
>>> a
{'q': 1, 's': 2, 'r': 2, 't': 2}
>>>